Savannah Standard

There were 5,588 third grade students enrolled in Chatham County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.8% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Godley Station School welcomed the largest number of third grade students among county schools, registering 304 students during the 2022-23 school year.

Within Chatham County schools, the highest student count was found in ninth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in 12th grade.

Statewide, Chatham County ranked ninth in enrollment numbers, with a total of 68,856 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was also ranked ninth the year before.

According to the Georgia Department of Education, over 1.6 million students were enrolled in Georgia's public schools during the 2021-22 school year. The state boasted a diverse and closely distributed student body across grade levels, with roughly 44% of the students in elementary, 24.5% in middle school, and 31.5% in high schools.

The state also registered an ethnically diverse student body, with 34.4% of the students identified as white, 36.5% as Black, 17.1% as Hispanic, and 4.5% as Asian.

School name	# of 3rd Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Godley Station School	304	13.8%	2,208
West Chatham Elementary School	295	19.9%	1,481
Gould Elementary School	242	15.5%	1,557
Rice Creek School	238	10.6%	2,244
Shuman Elementary School	226	22.1%	1,022
Marshpoint Elementary School	223	18.9%	1,180
Hesse School	220	11.3%	1,950
Southwest Elementary School	212	15.2%	1,397
Heard Elementary School	191	16.2%	1,181
White Bluff Elementary School	188	15.3%	1,229
Garden City Elementary School	183	17.6%	1,041
Pulaski Elementary SChool	181	16.1%	1,121
New Hampstead K-8 School	171	10.5%	1,635
Windsor Forest Elementary School	170	21%	810
Largo-Tibet Elementary School	169	15.4%	1,094
School of Humanities at Juliette Gordon Low	168	14.2%	1,187
Otis J. Brock III Elementary School	168	16.7%	1,003
Butler Elementary School	165	19.6%	843
Andrea B. Williams Elementary School	163	17.9%	913
Gadsden Elementary School	161	18.7%	860
Jacob G. Smith Elementary School	155	17.8%	871
May Howard Elementary School	138	14.3%	968
Georgetown School	128	12.6%	1,019
Hodge Elementary School	128	17.8%	719
Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts	125	8.4%	1,485
Haven Elementary School	121	16.7%	725
Pooler Elementary School	109	14.1%	772
Isle of Hope School	107	9.3%	1,149
Tybee Island Maritime Academy School	97	11.6%	835
Ellis Elementary School	94	11.9%	788
Susie King Taylor Community School	79	13.3%	594
Bloomingdale Elementary School	78	14.5%	537
Coastal Empire Montessori Charter School	67	15.1%	443
Savannah Classical Academy Charter School	64	9.6%	666
Savannah-Chatham E-Learning Academy	60	4.2%	1,416
Henderson E. Formey Jr. Early Learning Center	0	0%	373
UHS of Savannah Coastal Harbor Treatment Center	0	0%	44